A bit of advice over Christmas
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Hi guys,
I hope you are all having a wonderful festive period and I completely understand if no one wants to write any advice on this happy subject until after Christmas.
I had my last flare up in October and I just knew that I would get one over Christmas, I just had a gut feeling. I've woken up with a sore and bump around my anus and last week had such bad itching in the front because I was expecting essay results back - as soon as the essay results came back, and were good, the itching stopped. This flare, and the flare I had in October, and August before that, have all been after heavy drinking and as a 21 year old im just thinking what on earth do I do.
My mum is a GP and absolutely amazing but I feel bad getting upset in front of her when it's christmas. Some of you may remember I'm the one whose been completely paranoid about my LS being herpes and as much as I tell myself that 2 doctors have seen it and said it is not, it continues to worry me sick.
I don't really know what advice im looking for, just wanted to write down my upset and frustration. Do people find eumovate helps on bumps and splits? Do you guys use e45 or Sudocream?
Hoping you guys are all well
Xxxxxxx
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jackie73005 jade88405
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You have come to the right place the advise and support on this site is absolutely amazing and if nothing else you realise there are many of us out there leading happy normal lives. I live with the ls it dosnt dictate how i live. I havent used e45 or sudocream i use dermovate if i get a flare up and when its controlled i just use it once a week. If i am cracked or sore i use coconut oil. I do take supplements and eat well to keep my immunity strong.
I too was told i had herpes but tests revealed i hadnt, so i sympathise with how you feel but believe your doctors and live your life.
Merry christmas.
jade88405 jackie73005
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Reading your comment relaxed the "knot" in my stomach - "believe your doctors and live your life" is very true.
It is reassuring to hear from people who have had the herpes concern as well.
Thank you for replying
Happy Christmas xxxx
phil21170 jade88405
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Are you taking any supplements. I take Zinc because it boosts the immune system and aids healing of the skin.plus Vit C for the same thing. I also take Probiotics which boosts the good bacteria in the Gut which in turn boost the immune system and aids healing. We all know that stress and anxiety causes flare ups. With regards to this I find that as you get older your can deal with stress in a different way. Yoga also helps and meditation.
jade88405 phil21170
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I haven't and I've always meant to. I'm popping to my local shops in a bit which has a supplement shop so I think Ill get some today - I've written down what ones you've suggested.
Yeah, having this is almost making me wish my younger years away so I can be older and more mature, married with kids who all my focus goes on. I was never someone who felt like that before.
Thank you for your reply and happy Christmas xxx
phil21170 jade88405
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when you get your supplements please make sure they are good quality supplements. I also take fish oil as this helps plus the Herbalist at my Supplement Shop also mixed me a Vit E cream with Chickeweed and essential oils to apply to the area 3 times a day.Chick weed helps with healing. With regard to stress you learn to let thingsride over you. Life is to short. God Bless and have a good Christmas.
Blackcat jade88405
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4 years ago. As time goes on i have come to terms with this horrible condition as best i can. Dermovate has to be used on a regular basis. It soon flares up without cream. Stress is a trigger or when your run down. Flares up sometimes anyway prolonged sitting does not help i dread long journeys by coach. I also use Vegefem pesseries low hormonal dose improves things. I am nearly 65 but find this condition hard. Its a hard thing to talk about. This site is alife line. merry Christmas.
Pollyanne jade88405
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I have been diagnosed with herpes, this is a separate thing from LS, it is herpes simplex, the same as you get on your face, not genital herpes. I am relieved because it means that the LS is not as widespread as I thought and I can deal with these sores in a different way, ie Zovirax.
I use Emu Oil to soothe along with Dermovate to try and heal.
Try and have a nice Christmas and enjoy being Young.
winifred02134 jade88405
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Morrell1951 jade88405
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There's no getting around the fact that sugar is a very inflammatory substance and alcohol (especially hard liquor mixed with sweet soda) is bad, especially to excess. Getting drunk is a stressor, as bad as the pressure from work or school. My sister is an alcoholic in a high pressure career – she has terrible psoriasis, but can't seem to see the connection. She insists she doesn't have LS, but she had surgery for squamous cell canver of her vulva many years ago. 60% of cases of that kind of cancer are in LS patients.
You already sound pretty wise for your age. If you want to have kids you need to stop having these bad flares. They result in scarring that can impair sex. That said, I'm 63, when I was your age and had LS (mine is the slow kind – yours may be more aggressive) sex was painful, but I got drunk at parties and drank a lot daily and didn't make the connection. I had two kids in my thirties.
I quit drinking at age fifty even though I was in a job where we entertained hard-drinking clients. I used to order cranberry and soda water nso it wasn't obvious to everyone that I was abstaining. At the time I was a devoted practicing Buddhist. When I also told them that, they respected me for my seriousness.
These days I drink two small glasses of red wine with dinner daily and it doesn't seem to make my LS flare. Maybe it would be even better if I totally abstained, but once I've had to give up sex, what do I have to lose? Of course, I'm following all the other good things. I just started doing yoga. I think that's going to be even better for my 'wellness' than monthly massage therapy, which was sort of an after-the-fact fix.
As a mother I would definitely not want you to be concealing your pain. I'm sure you know she'd tell you to stop the heavy drinking. My kids did 'protect' me from some awful things I've now heard about a decade later.
I hope now that exams are over you can enjoy your holiday.
bennetta jade88405
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hanny32508 jade88405
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Advise comes cheap, no one really seems to want it, however, try to rest up over this holiday time. Your best defense. Get as much sleep as you can. Try to eat healthy in spite of all the extra's. Flare ups are no fun! Taste is only a few inches long, (the length of your tongue)
It won't be easy in this culture that seems to centre itself around food stuffs. Perhaps we have to change the way we think about what goes with 'celebrating' and 'holidaying'.
bennetta jade88405
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Guppy007 jade88405
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Hope you feel better soon.